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Building students doesn’t stop at learning how to jump, vault, or land. True development is about guidance, leadership, and mentorship that extends far beyond the movement itself. Jamie Murray  started classes with us in Year 6 (age 11) and has continued right through to today. He is currently in Year 13 (age 18) and about to begin university. Four years ago, Jamie joined the coaching team as a youth assistant. As part of the team, Jamie has coached students in three local sc

Always trying to grow We recruit both internally from our students and externally for individuals with skills that we are not able to source internally. As the team grows we will be able to cater to a greater number of clients Ovando Founded London Parkour Project in 2010. Trained over 3,000 students. Built collaborations with over 21 educational institutions, charities, housing associations. Jamie   Joined classes as a student after a summer fair in 2017. Joined the Elite Pa

I tend to find that people are unaware that there are different ways to train and each way has its own culture. First of all, there tend to be two types of activities that people do after school. One of which we do and one of which we do not. The first is a club and the other is an academy. So what s the difference?   A club is a place where people go to socialise. The main aim is to have fun and make friends, but learning new skills is not a focus. There might be someone who

Why Bands?   London Parkour Project has been developing its training/mentoring system for nearly twenty years now. The company was started in 2010, but I started parkour in 2006. Back then, I spent many years training with others in the parkour community and learning all I could about parkour. But before then I had a martial arts background. I even have a Black-Belt in Kung Fu.   I have debated how to best highlight milestones and skill levels within my parkour classes/ commu

A quick search on Wikipedia would give us this answer.   "Anti-fragility is a property of systems in which they increase in capability to thrive as a result of stressors, shocks, volatility, noise, mistakes, faults, attacks, or failures.   The concept was developed by Nassim Nicholas Taleb in his book, Anti-fragile, and in technical papers."   I first heard the concept when I was watching a video on Robert Kiyosaki.  He basically compared it to the con cepts of fragile and to

What is the value of formal systematic training. So I speak to a lot of parkourist who never had any formal training. They say, “you don’t need all that stuff to do parkour” meaning, indoor classes, quadrupedal movement, weightlifting, gradings etc.   I myself started training parkour on the streets so I know that you don’t need to do parkour. But there is more to life than jumping.   I find that a lot of the super skilled parkourist have amazing abilities but everything else

So in our classes we do have a specific culture. To me it is not unusual, but I find that it is for some.   I do hold students to a high standard, they do have to wear uniforms, bands and put in 100% when doing conditioning. If they talk negatively about themselves, like “It’s impossible” or “I can’t do it” I will pull them up on it. If we said we would do 100 squats then that Is what we are going to do…   The aim is to build positive habits and a culture in the classes that

Forgive me—the marketing guy says I need to name my training system… so I called it The Inner Path . Let me try to explain at least part of it here. Origins of the Inner Path The Inner Path is a custom-developed system created by Ovando Carter . It is the culmination of decades of learning, practice, and lived experience. As of 2026, Ovando has trained more than 3,000 students  and worked across 20+ schools and universities . His experience spans parkour-based physical educat

So in about 2013 I was interviewed by Queen Mary University. They wanted to know all about London Parkour Project and why I started it. I think it has now been taken down. But I think the interview was still great. So I am sending this out here. Tell us a bit about yourself – e.g., what do you study, how long have you been at QMUL?   When I first started university, I was studying an undergraduate degree in Physics. But very quickly, I felt like something was missing. I often

More recently, I have been adding weight lifting into my regular parkour classes. When I was younger, I never thought about the gym much or lifting weights.   Sure, I would do it a bit if one of my friends was really into it, but I never saw the point. But now I am older, and I have trained so many people, I see its benefits.   ✅Many people do not move their bodies anymore, so their muscles have atrophied. This is true for those who work in the office, but also for children t

So in most parkour schools and academies they do not wear uniforms at all. So why do we? 🤔 One of the main things that we focus on in London Parkour Project is developing the character of the students that we teach. We believe building a strong character with positive qualities is a key thing for any community. 😎 So why uniforms… Well, if you want to learn to juggle then you don’t start with 20 balls, you don’t even start with 3. Start with something easy, maybe 2 or even o